tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561740860112798407.post2640640710894592744..comments2019-04-13T23:41:13.056-05:00Comments on sanghawalks: Chinese Sangha in the United States a woman from Iowa ordained in the oldest lineagehaloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847880198481419648noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561740860112798407.post-78629581251363960142013-09-15T11:26:00.802-05:002013-09-15T11:26:00.802-05:00In Buddhism it is better to train with someone qua...In Buddhism it is better to train with someone qualified to teach you. No one would recognize an online ordination. <br /><br />By &#39;pastor&#39; if you mean married clergy then there are married clergy in Japanese Buddhism and they have their training programs, Try Shasta Abbey for that is an excellent training place as everyone speaks English and it&#39;s located on Shasta Mountain in Northern California.<br /><br />A second group in Tibetan Buddhism is the married Lama, this means you would travel to where they send you to train and become a lama but it&#39;s really rigorous and would take some years.<br /><br />If you mean to become monastic, then you would be required to join a Buddhist Sangha who would view you as you are without vows wearing lay clothes and taking 8 precepts of layperson living in a monastery, not shaving your head or be able to call yourself a monk or nun. This looking at you time is for your benefit, you may not like it, or be unable or unwilling to train after you get there; also the Sangha of monks and nuns needs time to know you, assess your ability to train, adaptation to the temple rules and culture. They could say no and you would have to leave. If they say yes then you stay and train after a while they shave your head, give you robes, train you as novice then see if you are capable for full ordination, be sure some are not capable and determined to be novices their whole life in robes, some pretty disappointed ones leave and become householders again. It really depends on your motivation.<br /><br />Study about Buddhism while you are checking places out in person, take a series of temple visits around the country see what you like, see if you can attend as a lay person and get to know the laypeople, become a donor and active with the them. www.buddhanet.net is a good site and reliable. Good luck Ryan.Hongyang Shihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847880198481419648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561740860112798407.post-46718012300891460942013-08-29T21:59:32.887-05:002013-08-29T21:59:32.887-05:00How do I become a pastor? How do I become a minist...How do I become a pastor? How do I become a minister. Do I got to seminary? What is an <a href="http://www.Ordained-Ministers.com" rel="nofollow">become ordained online</a>? Is online ordination legal? What about being a Christian Pastor or Christian Minister.ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525753784496993422noreply@blogger.com